What Happened to God's Creation?WHAT HAPPENED?
Let me fast forward through the details of God’s exquisite
creation to one particular catastrophic event.
The universe was created perfect.
Humankind lived in paradise. God
Himself interacted personally with them. All of creation displayed God’s power and
glory. One particular species (the human
one) was created uniquely, in the very image of God.
Wow! What a statement…in the very
image of God.
Not only that, but we were granted authority over the entire world. We were caretakers of God’s marvelous
creation. Through us God’s glory would
shine brightly to all of creation both earthly and heavenly. We were “kings and queens” of the world. But, as you know, such authority and power
requires responsibility.
It was not enough to be created in the image of God, to be
royalty over God’s stunning creation, and to have the authority to rule over
the universe. No, we wanted more. We wanted to be gods ourselves. Therefore, the rebellion began with Adam and
Eve. It continues today.
THE EFFECTS
The effects of the sin of Adam and Eve devastated the world
and the souls of mankind. Our own sin
has the exact same consequences.
Suddenly paradise became paradise lost.
God’s intent to show forth His glory and power and creativity and love
through mankind now, instead, had the opposite result. The serpent’s (Satan’s) darkness and cruelty
and disobedience and sin and evil and selfishness and rebellion now reigned in
the hearts of mankind and throughout the universe itself. Since mankind was given dominion over the
entire creation, when Adam and Eve “fell,” they took the entire world with
them.
All is now hopeless.
God’s precious creatures He so meticulously and lovingly created in His
own image had rebelled against Him. God
by nature is a just, righteous, and holy God.
Holiness and sin cannot cohabitate.
Judgment must be rendered on His own creation. God initiates His sentencing in Genesis 3
beginning with the serpent and subsequently curses him. The woman is next, followed by Adam. Adam’s punishment includes a curse on the
very earth itself from which Adam was created.
Finally, as an act of mercy, God removed them from the Garden of Eden and tree of eternal life. It would be utter torture to live forever in
this tragic, fallen state. It still is!

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